Martin Gayford

Face time | 15 November 2018

In his realism, and the anxieties and melancholies of his subjects, Lotto’s spirit is very contemporary, as this marvellous new National Gallery exhibition shows

issue 17 November 2018

  • Lorenzo Lotto: Portraits

    National Gallery, until 10 February 2019

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